Strip-ticket machine.



E. GOLDBERGER & E. BOKOR.

STRIP TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.3,1915.

1 1,950 Patented Feb.29,1916.

I I I EDMUND BOKOB AND ERNEST GOLDBEBGEB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STRIP-TICKET MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed April a, 1915. Serial m. 18,902.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDMUND Boxon, a citizenof the United States, and ERNEST GOLDBERG-ER, a subject of the Emperorof Germany, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllino1s, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStrip-Ticket Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanism for storing andvending tickets of the type printed continuously upon narrow strips offabric and coiled upon a spool for delivery.

The main object is to provide a cheap,

, simple mechanism, having means for supporting the roll of tickets,combined with a device to cause separation of the strip at any desiredpoint, and to leave the remaining strip end in a. position to beinstantly accessible for further withdrawal and separation. This andother objects which Wlll become apparent are attained by the novelconstruebeing of uniform length and usually partially separated at theiradjoining ends by V shaped notches, cross indentations or perforations,although not necessarily required in this machine.

Tickets of this type are generally numbered consecutively and also heara serial designation so that an accurate tally may be kept and forfurther purpose of preventing imposture or counterfeiting; each ticketfurther indicating a definite value as the cost of a car ride, entranceto a show or the like, and such tickets are usually delivered underconditions that demand rapid and accurate action on the part of theperson dispensing the same.

To facilitate these operations a stand is 13. Contained in these slotsis the short shaft or hub end 15, of-the spool or drum 16,

coil being received between the standards 12; the loose or free end ofthe strip 18, is passed under the roller 20, set in the walls 11, andcontacting with the inner surface of the base 10, extends outward to thefront of the machine which is beveled rearwardly from the cutting edge21, formed at the end of the'base 10.

Between the beveled side walls 11, is a pressure plate 25, the extremefront edge 26, of which is in register with the cutting edge 21, againstwhich it is held under tension of the spring 27, the pressure platebeing shaped to conform to the profile of the side walls 11, andpivotally secured to them by means of downturned integral ears 28,loosely riveted at 29, the plate being provided with a lever portion 30,which being depressed'causes the front or gripping jaw 26 to rise.

I An opening 32, is formed through the jaw and extends back into theplate 25, to a point registering with the rear edge of an elongatedopening 22, formed in the base 10 rearward of the cutting edge 21. Theseopenings are respectively formed to receive the thumb and finger of anoperator in grasping and drawing forward the end of the strip ticket assuccessive lengths are torn off by forcing the extended ticket lengthsdownward across the cutting edge 21, the remaining strip being alwaysheld in engagement by the pressure plate edge 26. a

In order to provide sufiicient distance in which to manipulate theticket in tearing it .away from the strip, a sub-base 35, preferably ofwood, is used the same acting as a block or distance piece between thesupporting surface on which the machine rests and the base 10, thelatter being secured to the sub-base by any convenient manner, as bymeans of the cars 36 pressed outwardly from the side-walls 11, andfastened by screws to the block, which in turn may be fastened on anyconvenient surface.

In-operation, the roll being mounted on its supports, the loose end ispassed under the roller and out under the pressure plate until itsextreme end is in register with the cutting edge. When it is desired todeliver one or more tickets the strip is grasped between the fingers anddrawn forward as far as may be desired, then by a downward twlstingmotion the end is neatly severed and the machine is ready for anotherdelivery.

While the device as described is very simple and highly efficient inoperation,.we do not desire to beheld strictly to the exact constructionshown, but may modify the same within the scope of the appended claim.7/

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a strip ticket delivery apparatus, the

- combination with a fixed integral frame having vertical side wallsopen throughout at the top, ears formed with said frame whereby it maybe secured to a support; roll supports formed with said frame at therear end and standing thereabove, a roller revolubly mounted in saidsupports adapted to hold the strip adjacent to the bottom thereof, atilting plate pivoted between the side walls at the front of said frame,said side Walls and supports acting as guides throughout for the passageof the strip, and a spring combined with said plate whereby its frontedge is held normally in engagement with the extreme front end of saidframe.

Signed at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, this eighteenth day ofFebruary A. D. 1915.

L EDMUND BOKOR.

ERNEST GOLDBERGER. Witnesses:

Louis E. GOLDMAN, J. STEINER.

